Vol.1, Issue 6 // Mostly everything we’ve read, watched, played, and listened to these two months Summer is ending! What in the world is going on? At the end of May, Summer always seems to stretch before me with so many potential adventures waiting, and now here we are as it winds down. Technically, there’s … Continue reading The Latelies {2025} // July and August Edition
A Christmas in July--er, August story! Lily was so nervous. She looked in the mirror to see how her Christmas shirt had come together, but the present sitting on her bed, the floofed green tissue paper standing at attention caught her eye instead. That was what she was nervous about. But not her sweater. Well, … Continue reading Squids and Sweaters and Gifts, Oh My!
Always keeping the novel simmering on the writer stovetop In my writing community’s slack, we have a channel called “daily accountability” where character/novel prompts are posted. There was one posted the other day to write our novel like a recipe. It was inspired by the fabulous Catie O’Neill, author and friend, who loves cooking in … Continue reading Leah Novel as a Recipe
Jumping back into #flashfictionmagic! Lila settled down on the dock, legs dangling over the edge, she wrapped one hand around the nearest post and leaned way out over the edge to peer into the water. “What are you looking for?” James asked, sitting down beside her. “You never know what lives down there.” “Lila, we’ve … Continue reading Beneath the Surface of the Lake
The one where I share with you how the first week went Want to see where this is all coming from. Read about my writing map for Spring here. Monday, 4/1/24 I’m home today since we were at the ocean on Saturday and we spent Easter with my family yesterday. After dropping Moochy off at … Continue reading Following this Writing Map // Week 1
Because March was directionless and I want to be going in a direction I’m doing a thing! I created a writing map of sorts. Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com I’m calling it a map because I need direction for my writing dreams and goals. March was…directionless. The first three months of 2024 have been … Continue reading A Writing Map of Sorts
Who is Mrs. Grumplestone to you? 🙂 Mrs. Grumplestone was in fact not a grump at all. It was guilty by association. When you were new (ish) to town and the word “grump” was a prominent part of your name, the definition of the word attached itself to the human. “Stone” on the other hand—now … Continue reading Mrs. Grumplestone’s Visit
It's technically the time in between night and sunrise. Time is a weird soup. For all the humans who want to run away but choose to stay and lean in it--their faith, their strengths and values, their people. Grabbing her jacket from the chair, she slipped her arms into the patched light denim and pushed … Continue reading Midnight Promises
How I won NaNoWriMo 2022. Finally. The final installment of the NaNo 2022 series. Because NaNo 2023 is HERE! (Seven days!) And I’m ready to do it all over again 🙂 This post is made up of the updates I posted on my writer’s Facebook page and Twitter as I stopped to take breaks. I … Continue reading The Final Update // Day 30
Remember when I wrote 50,000+ words last November and I told you all I was going to write about it? And then never finished the ending? Well, this post is the almost-conclusion. Because NaNoWriMo is back (in eight days!) and I’ve gotten a burst to finish last year’s series out 🙂 This post is made … Continue reading The Penultimate Day // Day 29
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